Suggestions? help please :)

[McStanf]

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Hey everyone, my first post, ive been looking for a site like this for ages, well about 6 months since i bought my dream car, a tasty little 316i tc baur, bright red; been on the garage by mine for 5 years!! ive been coveting it since i was 16 lol and 4 years later ive finally got it!

Anyway thats my life story done with, im thinking of relatively cheap ways to make her fly, ive been looking at a pipercross induction kit and thinking of some sort of full exhaust system to open her out a bit but other than that im stumped! you all seem knowlegable to a fault so help me out here? Is there anything else? is it worth it?

cheers!

[armanib]

m30?

[McStanf]

Yup im sure it is, assuming thats the one with the auto adjusting valve clearances

[armanib]

i ment M30 it urs is a m10 i think

[leeparkes]

you will be wasting your money on a cone filter/exhaust,bmw systems are very good,both exhaust and air flow,
cheaper option is an engine swap.

Are you handy with the spanners?

[McStanf]

I am indeed, im a fitter, engine swap seems a bit extreme?!

[armanib]

316i is no race engine.
Zaust and filter will be unnoticable.
Or maybe just a 318i engien and box that way it should be a straight fit

[McStanf]

ive noticed that indeed, not exactly tail happy in the dry.. so u reckon its pointless? where on earth wud i get an engine like tht?

[armanib]

M30 or m40?
M40 be much easier to fit and cheap on the insuarance but not as fast as the m30 but still be enough to have some fun

[McStanf]

ok so lets say hypothetically, a m40 318i engine, how much and where from? surely theres something less drastic i can do? surely?

[leeparkes]

IMO an engine swap is the best bang for buck you can get,

if you are doing a swap i wouldnt bother with an m40,all the work for little gains.

if i was in your shoes i would go with an m20/b25 (325i engine) its virtually plug and play,

you could get everything you need for sub £350

if your not a fan of ripping engines out,Nitrous?

[McStanf]

lol im not tbh but if its the only way ill certainly put some thought into it...350 ay bad really for a whole new engine... wont nitrous tend to blow my already hassled engine to small pieces?

[Barx325i]

to go 2.5 the £350 should cover ecu and engine loom & box. you'll need to change the instrument clocks coding plug, your diff & exhaust. then with 170+ horses, you'll be needing to fit the larger 51mm front struts, dampers, springs and rear discs..

An easier option is to fit a decent M42 iS engine, you'll still need an exhaust ecu & the coil packs but then the suspension & rear discs are less of a concern & front spring rates will be 'ok'

As lee said, nitrous until you buy another engine

[Leemc2009]

m20b25 swap.. for £350 you can get one with all ancillaries and a full loom and ecu..

[leeparkes]

I recently sold an m20/b25 with recon head,nearly new clutch,gearbox all ancillaries loom ecu etc for £275,i had other bits to throw in to complete a swap,ie downpipes coding plug etc but the buyer was going from 320i to 325i so not needed

Here was the link to it

http://www.e30zone.net/modules.php?name ... c&t=138472

you can pick up an open 3.64/3.91 ratio diff for £40,used m20 exhaust for £30 and your away

you will want to change the front legs though as the extra weight of the 6pot on the front end will make the handling a bit

[Barx325i]

I bought a 6 with 4 pot suspension (iS 51mm) but I had a set of bills and eibachs for the job. Prior to the swap, handling was a joke & speed bumps meant almost bottoming out. no wonder he didn't like it & sold it cheap

[McStanf]

wow lol well ill tell ya i wasnt expecting that haha ive come to the decision that i like it as it is if to make it quicker ive gotta basically replace the entire innards of the car, call me lazy but i need her for work and stuff so its not really on the cards to spend that much time on her, ah well thanks for your help anyway guys!!!